Lime washed floorboards

If, the most persisting of interiors influences, Scandinavian style has taught us one thing, its to never underestimate the power of lime washed floorboards. Subtler than white paint showing the natural grain of the wood, lime washed floorboards will make a once dingy room look fresh and cleanly scrubbed. Weve found the rooms with nicest examples of lime washed floorboards in case you need convincing.

Does your dining room have white walls, white painted furniture and even white accessories? Opt for softly lime washed floorboards that will harmonise with the white yet bring in some warmth and texture.

All this order, all this tidiness, a white home-office like this one could do with a bit of a shake-up in the form of lime washed floors. Too perfect can equate to too boring.

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M&S

M&S Dining Room: Lime Washed Flooring: Decorating Ideas: Interiors

Is it a kitchen? Is it a dining room? It’s both. Only, it has beautiful lightly whitened floorboards to give it that softening, ‘just like any other room’ feel that utilitarian kitchens sometimes need.

This is at the subtle end of the white floorboards spectrum and it works wonders for next to all that wood dining furniture. Pair with all-white walls to achieve the minimal kitchen look.

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Lucinda Symons

Bedroom: Lime Washed Flooring: Decorating Ideas: Interiors

Two things stand out about this bedroom design. First, it’s definitely one for pattern-lovers – the bed linen especially, is a lesson in layering clashing prints.

Secondly, it needs white walls and white floorboards to allow the pattern to work. A lovely country bedroom.

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